Stockless anchor.



No. 896,349. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908. W S BICKLBY STOCKLESS ANGHUR.

APPLIOATIvoN FILED 0011.6, 1904.

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WALTER sooTT RIOKLEY, or CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCKLESS A NCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed October 6, 1904. Serial No. 227,415.

Tocll whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that l, WALTER SCOTT Blox- LEY, citizen of the United States, residing at Chester, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usel'ul Improvements in Stockless Anchors, of which the following is a'specificaf.

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In the drawing Figure 1 1s an end view of an anchor embodying my invention, parts being in section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, parts being in section. l

1 indicates a head of the anchor having a recess 3 which terminates in a ball socket.

4 is an opening on the lluke side of the head communicating with said ball seat and recessed. The head is provided with an opening 5 extending from one end thereof to the other.

The shank 6 is provided on its lower end with a ball 7 adapted to seat in the ball socket of the head, said ball having a central opening therethrough as at S, said opening registering with the opening 5 in the head when the ball is properly seated in the socket 9 is a pin or bolt extending through said opening 5 from end to end of the head; said bolt also passing through the opening S of the ball 7 thereby firmly locking the ball to its seat, thus securing the shank `firmly to the head. The bolt or rod 9 ,being of wrought metal, and extending from one end to the other of the head, has a tendency to increase the strength of the head inasmuch as it bridges the recess 3.

This construction provides a very simple stockless anchor, one of maximum strength and readily assembled. It is customary to upset the metal at the end of the rod 5 whereby the same is 'firmly riveted in place in the head. This anchor is open sufficiently in the back to allow the dirt to pass through, thereby preventing the fouling of the anchor.

AHaving thus described my invention what l claim is: y

In a stockless anchor, the combination with the head provided with a ball seat con.- structed entirely above the lowermost hori- Zontal plane thereof, of a shank terminating at its lower end in a spherical ball, said ball having an axial opening therethrough, said head having longitudinal axial openings above its lowermost horizontal plane constructed to register with the opening in the ball when the ball is seated, and a rod positioned in said openings in the head and ball to look the ball on its seat and reinforce the said head, said seat in the head being open under the ball.

In testimony whereof l aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER SCQTT BICKLEY. Witnesses:

NoRRIs D. POWELL, WILLIAM E. EBY. 

